Chennai panchang, 19 May 2025
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:54
- 05:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 06:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 06:12
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 05:52
- Karana Vanija until 06:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 06:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:29 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:54
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:52 – 13:56
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:13 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 19:29
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:43 – 19:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 19:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:43 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:51 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:43 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:32 Taurus
- 07:32 – 09:44 Gemini
- 09:44 – 11:53 Cancer
- 11:53 – 13:56 Leo
- 13:56 – 15:57 Virgo
- 15:57 – 18:04 Libra
- 18:04 – 20:16 Scorpio
- 20:16 – 22:23 Sagittarius
- 22:23 – 00:16 next day Capricorn
- 00:16 – 01:58 next day Aquarius
- 01:58 – 03:38 next day Pisces
- 03:38 – 05:26 next day Aries
- 05:26 – 05:43 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method